entertain to receive into service:
“entertain him To be my fellow-servant,”
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, ii.
4. 100
;
“entertain him for your servant,”
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, ii.
4. 106
;
“for this I entertain thee,”
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, iv. 4.
66
;
“I will entertain Bardolph,”
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, i. 3.
10
;
“As many devils entertain”
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, i. 3.
51
(
“Do you retain in your service as many devils as she has
angels,”
MALONE)
;
“I will entertain them,”
JULIUS CAESAR, v. 5. 60
;
“So please you entertain me,”
CYMBELINE, iv. 2. 397
;
“I have entertained thee,”
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, iv. 4.
59.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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